UW students for Ukraine - activities in support of young people from Ukraine 2400-ZEWW874-OG

The 'University of Warsaw for Ukraine' programme is an interdisciplinary project providing comprehensive support to migrants from Ukraine by offering 19 different activities, including language courses, computer courses, natural sciences, career counselling, psychological support, legal support, thematic classes for children and young people, open lectures and adaptation walks around Warsaw. The Programme is scheduled to run from 15 October 2022 to 31 October 2023. Currently, 20 different UW units are involved in the implementation of the Programme, with Dr Różycka heading the entire Programme. This creates a unique opportunity for students to be directly involved in the implementation of concrete actions, alongside students, UW staff, NGOs and acting for the common good.

With the support of migrants residing in Poland, we will also strive for sustainable social and economic development of the Polish population (including the largest minority in Poland).

Students can work individually or in teams with different tasks, depending on their interests, e.g. researching needs, developing and implementing educational, social, cultural activities, examining the effectiveness of the support provided. We will exercise our own creativity, develop organisational skills, analyse the problems of the target group and verify the effectiveness of the planned activities. The strongly applied nature of the work undertaken is extremely important. In just one semester, we will all be able to find out whether such support is possible on a wider scale, whether the planned activities will meet with a favourable response not only from migrants, but also from other organisations that can support the UW in the work undertaken.

If you are not afraid of challenges, have a thousand ideas per minute, are a great organizer, and on top of that have the soul of a social activist - I invite you to my classes!

Type of course

general courses

Prerequisites (description)

(in Polish) Oczekiwania wobec studentów: entuzjazm, prospołeczne nastawienie, otwartość na nowe rozwiązania, chęć niesienia pomocy. Mile widziane doświadczenie w zakresie wolontariatu, pracy w organizacjach pozarządowych, organizacjach studenckich, harcerstwie czy samorządzie szkolnym.

Course coordinators

Agnieszka Różycka

Learning outcomes

Knowledge: Student knows basic concepts of social innovation, entrepreneurship, knows principles of critical thinking. Knows the basics of budgeting, scheduling, performing a needs survey, and analyzing opportunities.

Skills: Student knows how to initiate and implement social, educational or cultural activities oriented to implementation; knows how to perform needs and opportunities analysis; knows how to use available sources of knowledge on innovation, entrepreneurship, social activities.

Competencies: After completing the workshop, the student is able to build social relations, improve group work, and is able to develop his/her own creativity and critical thinking.

Assessment criteria

Prerequisites for course credit include:
- active participation in the workshops,
- active work in a team / individual,
- presentation of the results of work (in stages and a final version during the last class).
The final grade will be the average of the final version of the presentation made by the teacher and the participants.

Bibliography

Literature (and supplementary materials) will be selected on an individual basis depending on the team's established scope of work.

Additional information

Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 2400-ZEWW874-OG in USOSweb